What is the advantage of a rear engine car?

[missileman]

I agree with the Corvair statement completely. I owned one back in the mid-sixties and I can tell you that there was no advantage to having that engine in the rear. At slow speeds it was not too much of a problem but at higher speeds I had a tough time going around the slightest curves. Add a little rain or snow and it was next to impossible to keep the little oil burner out of the ditch. This was a 30k car that was only 3 years old.